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GARDEN EMBROIDERY
Gardens have inspired embroiderers for centuries.
Yvonne Cuthbertson

Stumpwork from the Royal School of Needlework’s Green Country Garden Collection
Learn how to create a stumpwork pansy.

Stitch a Miniature Garden Knotted Rug
Teresa Layman offers instructions for making a miniature rug using only French and Colonial knots.

NEEDLEWORKERS OF THE NORTH, PART II: The Tlingit and Haida of the Pacific Northwest and Their Button Blankets
This installment of an ongoing series focuses on colorful, symbolic, and traditional capelike robes worn for dances and ceremonies.
Donna Druchunas

Decorative Knitting, Part I: Knit Cuffs with Color
Nancy Bush kicks off a new series with ideas for making cuffs for mittens, gloves, or as edgings for hats, vests, or sweaters, or even as stylish wrist warmers.

PENNY RUGS: Nineteenth-Century Recycling
Nineteenth-century needleworkers used teacups, plates, coins, and other round household objects as templates for cutting uniform circles of fabric for use in making quilts; the practice was easily extended to the appliqués that give penny rugs their name.
Aimee E . Newell

Appliqué and Sew a Penny-Rug Coaster
A penny, a dime, and a quarter were used to cut the circles for this coaster designed by Mary Polityka Bush.

LYDIA SCOTT AND HER HOUSEHOLD COLUMN
From 1881 to 1884, the author’s great-great-grandmother edited a household column in a daily newspaper published in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Barbara Clemens

On the Web: Knit a Lace Edging from “The Fireside”
Here’s an edging sample based on instructions in Lydia Scott’s June 5, 1884, column.

MISSIONARY TEXTILES: Made for Export
Embroidered household linens recently found in a Shanghai market were made in the 1930s for the American market.
Valery Garrett

Knit Teakettle Holders
Deborah Pulliam offers instructions for two versions of potholders
based on late-nineteenth-century patterns.

COLLECTING AND CARING FOR
HOUSEHOLD TEXTILES
There are a number of ways of ensuring the survival of everyday household objects that may be our only ties to family members from earlier generations.
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Darn a Hole
Clarice Taylor’s step-by-step instructions make darning a cinch.

ONLINE QUILT ADVICE
The Alliance for American Quilts offers projects and services for collecting, caring for, and documenting quilts and related materials.

CARING FOR MY HOUSEHOLD LINENS
The author uses many of her handmade textiles daily.
Jan Meyer

MY EMBROIDERED SHELF PANELS
Panels embroidered by Richard Scheele’s grandmother in the early
1900s receive special care to prolong
their life.
Carol Scheele

SOFTWARE FOR DOCUMENTING
Collectify is a collection management software program.

SPECIALTY CLEANING PRODUCTS
These products are formulated for cleaning fine fabrics.

WEB PROJECTS

Knit a Lace Edging

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